the Americas Archive

Floridae Americae provinciae recens Map of Florida and the Caribbean in 1588 - by De Morgues Date: 1591 Author: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues Dwnld: Full Size (5.06mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Carribean that you might want to check out. A map of late-16th Century Florida […]

Map of America Map of America - Kohl's Reproduction of Diego Ribero's Original (1529) Date: 1529 Author: Ribero Dwnld: Full Size (11.40mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the United States that you might want to check out. Kohl's reproduction of Diego Ribeiro's original map of the eastern coast […]

Cantonment of His Majesty's forces in N. America British Cantonments in America (1765) Date: 1766 Author: Daniel Paterson Dwnld: Full Size (5.89mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of European Colonialism that you might want to check out. 18th-Century map of British cantonments (a loose and inaccurate translation might be […]

Map of the complete island of Cuba Vingboons' Map of Cuba (1639) Date: 1639 Author: Johannes Vingboons Dwnld: Full Size (8.01mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Cuba that you might want to check out. Another map by Johannes Vingboons; this one of Cuba [gmap]. (And, whoa... easy with the […]

Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionnale Map of Northernmost America (1688) Date: 1688 Author: Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin Dwnld: Full Size (18.81mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Canada that you might want to check out. I think that Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin may have just given several typographers a seizure […]

Mapa, que comprende la Frontera, de los Dominios del Rey, en la America Septentrional Map of Spanish Holdings in North America (1769) Date: 1769 Author: Jose de Urrutia Dwnld: Full Size (14.04mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of European Colonialism that you might want to check out. A massively […]

Carte de la Louisiane et pays voisins, pour servir a l'Histoire générale des voyages. Bellin's History of the Louisiana Territory (1757) Date: 1757 Author: Jacques Nicolas Bellin Dwnld: Full Size (2.86mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Louisiana Purchase that you might want to check out. Jacques Nicolas […]

Carte de la decouverte faite l'an 1673 dans l'Amerique Septentrionale Map of French Discoveries in America in 1673 Date: 1673 Author: Jacques Marquette Dwnld: Full Size (2.74mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Mississippi River that you might want to check out. Late-17th-Century map by Jesuit Missionary and […]

A map of the British and French settlements in North America Bowen's Map of British and French Settlements in America (1755) Date: 1756 Author: T Bowen Dwnld: Full Size (8.43mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of European Colonialism that you might want to check out. Thomas Bowen provides this […]

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